Jun 23, 2008 10:20 pm US/Pacific
Proposal Would Rename SF Sewage Plant After Bush
Linda Yee, Reporting
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ―
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San Francisco voters may get the chance this November to make their city the first in the nation to name something after President Bush. However, it is not necessarily an honor the president would appreciate.
"San Francisco voters, help rename a sewage treatment plant after George W. Bush," announced Michael Jacinto, co-chair of the self-named San Francisco Presidential Memorial Commission, and gathering thousands of petition signatures. "To rename the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility the George W. Bush Sewage Plant," he explained.
As of Monday, Jacinto's group already has more than 8,000 signatures needed by July 7th to qualify for this November's ballot.
Jacinto insists it's more than a simple pipe dream. "Just because it's funny doesn't mean it's not real," he offered. "And I feel like, you know, the political process could use a little bit of humor now and then."
San Francisco Republican Party Chairman Howard Epstein said it is a smear campaign and a waste of money.
"This is just some far-left loonies trying to play games with the city," Epstein said. "This is not going to go down without a fight."
The people who work the treatment plant find it insulting.
"It's not amusing to me, nor my folks who are true professionals," said Assistant Manager Tommy Moala. "And a lot of them have been here since the plant went online. They run it 24/7, 365 days a year."
Some residents were only too happy to sign the petition. "It seems like a good way to commemorate one of the people who is the most full of what's in the sewage plant," suggested James Chiancini.
However, Andrew Felsinger said he would vote no, for the president's sake, and San Francisco's, too. "It's silly, it's silly and we'd look like flakes."
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